Old Waterfront Walls: Management, maintenance and rehabilitation

by R.N. Bray, P.F.B. Tatham

Overview

This book provides comprehensive guidance on maintaining old waterfront structures, particularly gravity walls constructed with stone masonry, brick, blocks or mass concrete. It will be valuable for all engineers responsible for such structures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780419176404
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/1992
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

R.N. Bray and P.F.B. Tatham

Table of Contents

Foreword. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Introduction. Types of wall. Review of circumstances affecting wall performance. Management of maintenance and rehabilitation. Inspection and monitoring. Investigation techniques. Structural appraisal of a wall. Maintenance and rehabilitation methods. References. Appendices: Factors of safety and selection of key design parameters. Application of geophysical methods for the investigation of old waterfront walls. Performance of old waterfront walls - survey results. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...is well laid out and easy to read ... main points made clearly, and without unnecessary recourse to mathematical equations ... much of its content is of universal relevance to those responsible or interested in the management of waterfall walls." - A.H. Brampton.

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